1. Meeting of the Directors of Social Statistics 23-24 February 2016
Agenda Item 4 LFS AHM programme : draft delegated act

2. Background
Current LFS legal basis: Council regulation No 577/98 amended by Regulation (EU) No 545/2014
Article 7a par 4 of regulation 545/2014:
The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts establishing the programme of ad-hoc modules covering 3 years
The programme shall be adopted no later than 24 months before the beginning of the reference period
Delegated Act with the LFS Ad hoc module programme covering to be adopted by the end of 2016

3. Discussion in LAMAS 2019-2021 programme endorsed in December 2015
Including the following 3 topics:
AHM 2019: Work organisation and working time arrangements
AHM 2020: Accidents at work and other work-related health problems
AHM 2021: Labour situation of migrants and their immediate descendants

4. AHM
Sub-modules
2019
Re-scheduled AHM 2015
Flexibility of working times
Methods at work
Place of work
2020
Repetition of 2013
Accidents at work
Work-related health problems
Risk factors for the physical health and/or the mental well-being
2021
Substantial changes
Background information on migrants and their immediate descendants
Language skills
Obstacles and support to labour market participation

5. Further steps 23/24 February 2016: discussion by the DSS
18/19 May 2016: Dedicated delegated act meeting to take place side-by-side to the ESSC meeting
By the end of 2016: Eurostat will proceed with the legal steps for the programme adoption

6. Exchange of views forms
Overall support
2021 module on labour market situation of migrants:
Quality/Short version of the questionnaire
Redesigned compared to 2014
Use of Delegated Act?
To be dropped: list of variables, Member States and regions concerned, transmission deadlines (in implementing act); sample specifications (in basic act)

7. The DSS is invited to:
Endorse the proposed delegated act for the LFS ad-hoc module programme where list of variables, Member States and regions concerned, transmission deadlines and sample specifications will be dropped